Nicoise Salad is essentially a French composed salad, much like American Cobb salad, but with tuna, green beans, and potatoes, instead of chicken, bacon, and avocado. Nicoise salad are always available in every Europan Restaurant. If you want to eat Europan food, you must try this French dish.
INGREDIENTS
1/3 cup lemon juice
¾ cup olive oil
3 tablespoon chooped shallots
2 tablespoon basils
1 tablespoon chooped thyme
2 teaspoon oregano
Salt
Black pepper
2 grilled tuna steaks
6 boiled eggs,quartered lengthwise
1¼ pounds red potatoes
Salt, black pepper
Lettuce
3 tomatoes, cut into wedges
1 red onion,slice
½ pound green beans
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Marinate tuna steaks in olive oil for an hour. Place on a hot grill. Cook the steaks 2 to 3 minutes.
2. Place the oil, lemon juice, shallots, herbs, and mustard. Cover with a lid and shake until well blended. Add salt and pepper to taste.
3. Place onion slices in a small bowl and sprinkle with 3 tablespoon of the vinaigrette.
4. Place potatoes in a large pot and cover with 2 inches of water. Add salt. Heat on high to bring to a boil. Cook for 10 minutes. Drain. Cut them into halves or quarters. Place them in a bowl and dress them with about 1/4 cup of the vinaigrette.
5. Fill a medium sized pot halfway with water, and add 2 teaspoons of salt. Bring to a boil on high heat. Add beans to the boiling water. Cook about 3-5 minutes. Drain.
6. Arrange bed of lettuce on a serving platter. Cut tuna into 1/2-inch thick slices. Mound tuna in center of lettuce. Sprinkle the tomatoes and onions around the tuna. Arrange the potatoes and green beans in mounds at the edge of the lettuce.
7. Arrange hard boiled eggs, olives, in mounds on the lettuce bed. Drizzle everything with the remaining vinaigrette.
1/3 cup lemon juice
¾ cup olive oil
3 tablespoon chooped shallots
2 tablespoon basils
1 tablespoon chooped thyme
2 teaspoon oregano
Salt
Black pepper
2 grilled tuna steaks
6 boiled eggs,quartered lengthwise
1¼ pounds red potatoes
Salt, black pepper
Lettuce
3 tomatoes, cut into wedges
1 red onion,slice
½ pound green beans
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Marinate tuna steaks in olive oil for an hour. Place on a hot grill. Cook the steaks 2 to 3 minutes.
2. Place the oil, lemon juice, shallots, herbs, and mustard. Cover with a lid and shake until well blended. Add salt and pepper to taste.
3. Place onion slices in a small bowl and sprinkle with 3 tablespoon of the vinaigrette.
4. Place potatoes in a large pot and cover with 2 inches of water. Add salt. Heat on high to bring to a boil. Cook for 10 minutes. Drain. Cut them into halves or quarters. Place them in a bowl and dress them with about 1/4 cup of the vinaigrette.
5. Fill a medium sized pot halfway with water, and add 2 teaspoons of salt. Bring to a boil on high heat. Add beans to the boiling water. Cook about 3-5 minutes. Drain.
7. Arrange hard boiled eggs, olives, in mounds on the lettuce bed. Drizzle everything with the remaining vinaigrette.
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